sell and deliver goods and services to a first tier supplier. An automobile company could have a second tier supplier that would supply materials or parts to another company which would then supply materials or parts to another company which would then supply them to the manufacturer. A real world example of a second-tier supplier is “Wisconsin Aluminium” which supplies aluminium fuel filter housing to Mechanical Devices Company. Mechanical Devices uses the fuel filter housing on an engine component
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Chipotle supply chain management The following are three Chipotle partners that are early participants and supporters of the traceability program. GSF ‘’Golden State Foods’’ Ed Miniat‚ Inc. (Miniat) OSI GSF • As one of the largest diversified suppliers to the foodservice industry‚ servicing 100+ customers and 25‚000+ restaurants on five continents‚ Golden State Foods was among the first distributors to get involved with Chipotle’s traceability program. With a wide range of product portfolios of
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8 Sourcing & Purchasing Decisions Part A MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. One advantage of outsourcing is that it: a. gives the company a high degree of control over its operations. b. increases the company’s access to state-of-the-art products and processes. c. protects the company’s proprietary designs and processes. d. encourages the development of the company’s core competencies. 2. Which of these is an indirect cost associated with insourcing? e. Maintenance
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Supply Chain Assignment Maria Blum Supply Chain Management refers to the stages that involves the directly and indirectly processes that delivers a final product. It begins with a customer order; it is followed by procedures depending on the organisation and finishing with a final product. SCM consists of the materials‚ information and funds that will flow within the process in order to provide a lower cost and high degree final product to the customer/consumer. Supply Chain Management
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Test Questions Sessions 1-9 * What is a supply chain? The interconnected businesses that convert raw materials into consumer products via the transfer of materials‚ information and cash. * Draw a hypothetical milk supply chain * What is supply chain management? The management of upstream and downstream suppliers working together to create high value products for consumers as efficiently as possible to the benefit of the whole supply chain. It operates on three different levels‚ Strategic
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JOURNAL OF BUSINESS LOGISTICS‚ Vol.24‚ No.2‚ 2003 37 STRATEGIC SUPPLY CHAIN MAPPING APPROACHES by John T. Gardner SUNY Brockport and Martha C. Cooper The Ohio State University Visualizing‚ tracking‚ and managing supply chains all become more complicated as firms pursue outsourcing strategies and as firms’ supply and delivery systems become increasingly global. The authors suggest that not only is there a need to visualize the supply chain‚ there needs to be a well-established process for building
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Note: Solve ANY THREE case studies. CASE I A CASE OF ALPHA TELENET LIMITED Alpha Telecom Ltd.‚ a part of Alpha Group was established in 1976 by its visionary Chairman and Managing Director‚ A. S. Verma. The company started with manufacturing of Electronic Push Button Telephones (EPBT) and Cordless phones in 1985 in Allahabad. On July 7‚ 1995 Alpha Tele-Ventures Limited was incorporated. A mobile service called ’Web-Tel’
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Question #2-Define the supply chains for the following products from the first source of raw materials to the first customer. A) Big Mac‚ B) Gasoline‚ C) Automobile repair‚ D) A Text book. Supply chain‚ its management‚ performance measures and improvement approaches. As an extension of the systems point of view‚ the system dynamics inherent in the supply chain are illustrated and the coordination in the supply chain is emphasized. Five areas where measurement of supply chain performance should
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1. Amazon.com‚ Peapod‚ Dell‚ and many furniture manufacturers use push-pull supply chain strategies. Describe how each of these companies takes advantage of the risk-pooling concept. To better understand the strategies used by the three (3) companies and furniture manufacturers‚ the definition of Push or Pull is established below: Push Strategies – when the manufacturer uses its sales force and trade promotion money to induce intermediaries to carry‚ promote‚ and sell the product to end users.
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Assignment 2 2.) a. Raw Materials – Coffee Beans and Milk (bulk). Work In Process – Brewed coffee in coffee pot and frozen baked products in the refrigerator. Finished Goods – Fresh processed coffee under customer specification. Baked Goods (Muffins‚ Brownies‚ etc.) Maintenance‚ Repair and Operating Supplies – Coffee machine spare parts for use in the scheduled maintenance. Coffee Cups and Lids. b. Coffee Beans – Dependent demand. Milk (Bulk) – Dependent demand. Brewed Coffee
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